Tornado quiz questions

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It's severe weather season in Ohio. Starting in April, the Buckeye State starts warming up enough to give showers and storms the kick they need to produce damaging winds, hail, and sometimes: tornadoes. According to National Centers for Environmental Information, 10 tornadoes have reached the strongest level possible on the Fujita scale, or in modern days, the Enhanced-Fujita scale, and more than 40 have reached the second-strongest level. How many of these infamous tornadoes do you remember? Put your Ohio tornado knowledge to the test. (And don't forget to check your answers at the bottom after the quiz!) Answers explained: 1. On June 8, 1953, a swath of severe thunderstorms produced six F4 tornadoes across Ohio, but also affected Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, and later New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In Cleveland, according to The Plain Dealer, "Ohio National Guard troops were posted in the West 130th Street area, where looting was feared in some … [Read more...] about What do you remember about Ohio’s most infamous tornadoes? Weather quiz Wednesday

Learn, practice, share.Those were the lessons students at Arlington Elementary learned March 28 during a presentation by representatives from the American Red Cross, who visited the school to promote The Pillow Case Project, which focuses on what to do in the event of an emergency, such as house fires and tornadoes."What we teach is preparedness," Juanita Sieben of the Red Cross said. "How to prepare before it happens so you know what to do when it happens." As part of the presentation, students were given a workbook that outlines ways to prepare."What we need you to do tonight when you go home is sit down with your parents and go through it with them because there are activities to go over to prepare for a house fire and tornado," Sieben said."There's a page where you can draw your house and a (separate) card where you can draw your house and put on the refrigerator so everyone in the house knows the fire escape plan."The workbook also contained information about snowstorms and … [Read more...] about Arlington Elementary students learn how to prepare for fires, tornadoes

Strewn with detritus, or spic and span with a rocking horse in one corner? If you’re posh, your child’s bedroom will feature the latter - gently rocking to a fro, next to a doll's house (an heirloom, naturally) and collection of classic children's hardback books, with illustrations. The rest of us can only dream that a latter-day Mary Poppins will drop by and spruce things up with a click of her fingers. Be gone, Peppa Pig! Be gone, bright pink dummies! Be gone, half-drunk bottles of milk slowly turning sour beneath the cot! Such are the signs that your nursery is Not Posh. But what are the other hallmarks of an upper class child’s bedroom? Helpfully, Tatler have produced a guide, under the heading What Posh People Keep In Their Nurseries. The answers are sometimes surprising - so take our quiz to find out how posh your nursery is... 1. The Doll’s House Everyone loves a doll’s house, but as a parent it can be hard not to arrange the … [Read more...] about How posh is your child’s bedroom? Take our Tatler-inspired test and find out

Q: It seems like I’m falling behind my friends financially. They take nicer vacations and drive more expensive cars than mine. How am I really doing compared with others my age?A: It happens every morning, from Wichita to Washington: We wake up feeling good. We pick up our phones and scroll through Instagram.We guess at the carat weight of a college friend’s engagement ring and marvel at a cousin’s shiny new truck. We’re lifted into tornadoes of jealousy over photos of a friend’s puppy. We puzzle over how they afford it.But this social media highlight reel leaves a lot out.“You don’t find people posting about missing a rent payment,” says Doug Amis, a certified financial planner and president at Cardinal Retirement Planning, Inc. in Cary, North Carolina.If you’re under 35, here’s how your peers are really doing, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances:The median income for families with a … [Read more...] about Brianna: How do my finances compare with my peers?

"Ask Brianna" is a column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out. I'm here to help you manage your money, find a job and pay off student loans — all the real-world stuff no one taught us how to do in college. Send your questions about postgrad life to [email protected] Q: It seems like I'm falling behind my friends financially. They take nicer vacations and drive more expensive cars than mine. How am I really doing compared with others my age? A: It happens every morning, from Wichita to Washington: We wake up feeling good. We pick up our phones and scroll through Instagram. We guess at the carat weight of a college friend's engagement ring and marvel at a cousin's shiny new truck. We're lifted into tornadoes of jealousy over photos of a friend's puppy. We puzzle over how they afford it. But this social media highlight reel leaves a lot out. "You don't find people posting about missing a rent payment," says Doug Amis, a certified financial planner … [Read more...] about Ask Brianna: How do my finances compare with my peers’?

This was a few hours before the U.S. Open would announce CiCi Bellis’ court assignment for Thursday, for her match against a Kazakhstani named Zarina Diyas. Bellis was walking toward the women’s locker room, and she was asked where she’d like to play this second-rounder, maybe away from the crowds and all the craziness. “A stadium would be nice,” she said, smiling just a bit. The fearless American teenager got her wish, soon enough. Tournament officials placed her match in just the right spot, Court 17, a showcase stadium big enough to hold a precocious phenom, yet still a good distance from Ashe and Armstrong on the grounds of the National Tennis Center. If she wins again, knocks off the 48th-ranked player in the world the way she upset the No. 12 seed, then maybe Bellis moves up to the grandstand, or Ashe. For now, Court 17 is perfect for a 15-year-old, for a girl with steely nerves, a surprisingly steady baseline game and the growing … [Read more...] about CiCi Bellis is ready for next step against Zarina Diyas at U.S. Open

About 175 online readers took our Survey Monkey quiz on presidential inaugurations during the past week. The results wouldn’t make their history teachers proud. A majority got the correct answers on only three of the questions. Two-thirds got the wrong answers on seven of them. See if you can do better. Below are the questions, the multiple choices for each and the percentage of people choosing each of the answers (in parentheses): The correct answers are lower on this page. (Don’t cheat.) 1. Which president delivered the longest Inaugural Address?a. John F. Kennedy (16.0 percent)b. Bill Clinton (19.5 percent)c. William Henry Harrison (38.5 percent)d. Franklin D. Roosevelt (26.0 percent) 2. Which of the following groups or performers have committed to performing at Donald Trump’s inauguration?a. Talladega Marching Tornadoes (3.6 percent)b. Ted Nugent (3.6 percent)c. Mormon Tabernacle Choir (6.0 percent)d. The Rockettes (12.5 percent)e. All of the above (32.7 … [Read more...] about Inauguration quiz: How many questions can you get right?

As U.S. communities ravaged by this year's series of intense hurricanes and wildfires clear debris and begin to rebuild, many are counting on the federal government to help cover their costs. They could be in for a frustrating surprise.If history is any guide, some local governments and nonprofit organizations could get less than they were told to expect from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Others could be asked years from now to repay some or all of the aid they received, if FEMA concludes the projects failed to comply with its voluminous requirements or decides it shouldn't have approved the payouts in the first place.Over the past decade, FEMA's denials and reversals have caused uncertainty and anger in some communities, led to long rounds of appeals, strained local budgets, made it hard for some organizations to stay afloat, and occasionally delayed the rebuilding process. More: Common reasons FEMA denies money after major disasters "My word of advice for … [Read more...] about FEMA rejects appeals worth $1.2B over a decade